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Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry to Be Set Up [by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea]

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The DPRK decided to set up the Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry for the purpose of modernizing the nation’s atomic energy industry and putting it on a solid foundation of latest science and technology so as to increase the production of nuclear materials, improve their quality and further develop the independent nuclear energy industry.

The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly promulgated a decree in this regard on April 11.

We have future plans for work on the Moon and on Mars, and this will all start from here because it is here that we will have the facilities for launching super-heavy launch vehicles with capacity of up to 75 tons.

Units of the Armed Forces killed and injured a number of terrorists in special operations in Jobar, al-Ryhan farms and al-Atyba in Damascus Countryside, destroying their vehicles and confiscating their weapons and equipment.

An official source said on Friday that the Army units clashed with the armed terrorist groups at Alloush stop to the east of Jobar, killing and injuring several terrorists.

Terrorists Alaa Eddin Rnkus and Abdullah al-Goush were identified among the dead.

The source added that another Army unit carried out a special operation against terrorists’ gatherings in al-Ryhan Farms in the eastern Ghouta and repelled an armed terrorist group which was trying to attack military checkpoints in the area, killing and injuring a number of them.

The source added that the Army units continued pursuing the rest of the armed terrorist groups in al-Atyba, killing and injuring scores of them at the Train Station.

In the same context, other Army units destroyed a number of vehicles which were used by terrorists in their criminal acts and seized weapons and ammunition, including a 125mm cannon.

A number of terrorists were killed; Dya’a al- Hanash was among the dead.

In al-Nabek area, an Armed Forces unit clashed with a terrorist group and eliminated all its members.

An Armed Forces unit destroyed a terrorist hideout and a car equipped with a heavy machinegun in al-Ziyabiya, injuring a number of terrorists and killing others including *Tunisian* terrorist Abdelkader al-Tounsi.

In the town of al-Bahdaliya, an Army unit destroyed two Mortar launchers and a terrorist hideout along with the weapons and munitions inside it, in addition to eliminating a number of terrorists including *Jordanian* terrorist Mohammad al-Habbour.

In al-Hussayinya, members of a terrorist group were killed or injured. Among the dead terrorists was Omar al-Jolani.

An Armed Forces unit clashed with terrorist groups in al-Furn roundabout and al-Shiyah neighborhood in Daraya, destroying five cars and more than ten motorbikes used by terrorists, in addition to eliminating a number of terrorists.

Terrorists fired a mortar round which struck al-Qadam gas station in Damascus countryside on Friday evening, causing a large fire to erupt.

A source at Damascus Countryside police command said the terrorist attack resulted in fire and heavy smoke in the area and caused massive damage to the station, adding that fire trucks rushed to the site and managed to extinguish the fire before it reached the fuel tanks, limiting the material damage.

Earlier on Friday morning, terrorists fired mortar rounds at a cable factory in the town of al-Sbaineh in Damascus countryside, causing severe material damage to the factory and a fire which covered the area in heavy smoke.

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People of Douma Demand Expulsion of Terrorists from Their City

Dozens of people from the city of Douma marched to demand the expulsion of terrorists from their city due to the escalation of terrorist acts which are making citizens’ lives difficult and dangerous.

SANA’s correspondent said that the citizens marched in al-Jala’a street in the middle of the city, calling for terrorist groups to leave and saying that they’re fed up with the terrorists’ practices which resulted in a state of insecurity and misery.

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Journalist Injured by Terrorists’ Gunfire in Damascus Countryside

Terrorists on Thursday opened fire on journalist Mohsen Khuzaee, the correspondent of the Iranian [?] TV channel Habar, while he was covering events in Sayyede Zainab area in Damascus Countryside.

Khuzaee told SANA that a sniper fired at him directly in the town of Sheba’a, causing minor injuries to him which were treated at a hospital.

Armed Forces units carried out a series of special operations in Aleppo countryside, destroying terrorist gatherings the areas of Mengh, al-Alqamiye, Maranaz, Ein Daqneh, Kafr Khasher, al-Maslamiye road, al-Bakara, Handarat, al-Mansoura and Kwayres, injuring and killing a number of terrorists.

In Aleppo city, Army units clashed with terrorist groups in the areas of al-Shqeif, al-Layramoun, Dahret Abdrabbo, al-Gondol roundabout, and Bustan al-Qasr, resulting in the destruction of two cars equipped with heavy machineguns and a car loaded with weapons and munitions.

An armored vehicle and a car carrying weapons, munitions and terrorists were destroyed near Baidin roundabout.

An Armed Forces unit targeted terrorist gatherings in al-Kawakbi street, al-Basatin and al-Kharab in Waer area in Homs city, killing a number of terrorists and injuring others.

The Army also inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists and destroyed their hideouts in Bab Houd area in the city, in addition to destroying a number of terrorist hideouts and gatherings along with the weapons and equipment in them and eliminating terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Hamidiye and Jouret al-Shiyah.

In Homs countryside, Armed Forces units targeted terrorist gatherings east of Arjoun village on the road to al-Qseir, in addition to destroying a mounted machinegun, a tunnel used by terrorists and munitions in al-Diabiye and eliminating a large number of terrorists in al-Dar al-Kabireh.

In the town of al-Rastan, the Armed Forces destroyed a number of terrorist hideouts and injured or killed several terrorists, in addition to destroying cars, some of them equipped with machineguns, and eliminating terrorists in Talbiseh and al-Ghajar in al-Rastan countryside.

In the town of al-Qseir, the Army destroyed a terrorist hideout used for planning attacks in Beit Jammoul area.

The Armed Forces also killed and injured a number of terrorists in the town of al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya, in addition to targeting a terrorist gathering in the town of Kafrlaha which resulted in the death of a number of terrorists.

Border patrols repelled a terrorist groups which attempted to sneak form the village of Ezaiz in Lebanon into Talkalakh in Syria, killing a number of terrorists and injuring other. A similar infiltration attempt by terrorists coming from west of al-Braij in Lebanon was likewise prevented, leading to the death of a number of terrorists.

Authorities confiscated medical equipment and supplies which terrorists were attempting to smuggle from Lebanon into the Syria following a clash with the terrorists near the village of Leftaya in Talkalakh countryside, prompting the terrorists to flee and leave the crates containing the supplies behind. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the crates were originally from the *UAE*.

In the village of Qatroun in Jisr al-Shughour area, an Armed Forces unit carried out an operation against a terrorist gathering which resulted in the elimination of many terrorists and inflicting severe injuries on others.